曲折

曲折

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (曲折)		曲	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zit³
• Min Nan (POJ): khiok-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chê²
    • Yale: chyū-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujer
    • Palladius: цюйчжэ (cjujčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 屈折 曲折

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ zit³
    • Yale: kūk jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokciad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/

Adjective

曲折

1. (of a road, stream, etc.) winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
2. (of a plot, situation, etc.) complicated; convoluted; tortuous; having many twists and turns

Synonyms

• (winding): 委曲 (wěiqū), 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū), 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)
• (complicated):

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冗 (rǒng) (literary, or in compounds) 繁瑣／繁琐 (fánsuǒ) 繁雜／繁杂 (fánzá)

繁難／繁难 (fánnán) 複雜／复杂 (fùzá) 龐雜／庞杂 (pángzá)

Derived terms

曲曲折折 曲折縈紆／曲折萦纡 (qūzhéyíngyū) 曲折離奇／曲折离奇 (qūzhélíqí)

盤旋曲折／盘旋曲折 迂迴曲折／迂回曲折 (yūhuíqūzhé) 離奇曲折／离奇曲折

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (曲折):

• → Japanese: 曲折(きょくせつ) (kyokusetsu)
• → Korean: 곡절(曲折) (gokjeol)
• → Vietnamese: khúc chiết (曲折)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
曲	折
きょく Grade: 3	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

曲(きょく)折(せつ) • (kyokusetsu) 

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Verb

曲(きょく)折(せつ)する • (kyokusetsu suru) suru (stem 曲(きょく)折(せつ)し (kyokusetsu shi), past 曲(きょく)折(せつ)した (kyokusetsu shita))

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